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Oct 31, 2006, 05:03 AM
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Should Yahoo buy AOL, sell out to Microsoft, or go it alone?
Source: Ars Technica
__________ Fortune magazine is running a bit of speculation on Yahoo's fate, with a number of tantalizing options outlined for CEO Terry Semel to pursue. The article mentions conflicting insider reports on what's going on, which might in itself be a hint of the turmoil at the online giant these days. With rivals like Google and eBay snapping up hot Internet properties left and right—and the occasional tasty nugget falling to dark horses like News Corp—Yahoo management might be getting antsy at the prospects of being left behind in this arms race. |
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Oct 31, 2006, 05:55 AM
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Does this mean if they bought AOL they would be Yahoo! AOL Time Warner? I couldn't see that happening.
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Oct 31, 2006, 11:59 AM
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Why don't they just sit on their butts and try to provide better service at what they already do?
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Oct 31, 2006, 12:11 PM
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I would love if they bought AOL and merged their instant messengers. Then Yahoo would be able to talk to all three and we wouldn't need shitty third party software like gaim or trillian anymore.
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Oct 31, 2006, 04:15 PM
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If they bought AOL and merged aim with yahoo, I would use MSN Messenger.
Can't stand yahoo. |
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Oct 31, 2006, 07:14 PM
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Trillian all the way baby!
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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis. |
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